8vo (195 x 160 mm). The Holy Land, Greece, and Southern Italy: album of 30 specimen leaves, most mounted one per page. -- Great Britain, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and France: 29 specimen leaves, most mounted one per page. -- Egypt and Palestine: album of 31 specimen leaves. Each album with manuscript captions, interleaved with single-page manuscript descriptions and diary entries. Contemporary red morocco or cloth bindings (some wear).  

Including plant specimens from popular tourist destinations, presumably, by a traveler on vacation or tour, from locations including: the Grotto of Jeremiah, Jerusalem; Solomon's Pools, Bethlehem; The River Jordan, Palestine; The Acropolis, Athens; Herculaneum, Italy: Pompeii; the Coliseum; Stratford-on-Avon; Copenhagen; Versailles; the summit of Mt. Lebanon; Nazareth of Galilee; and Palestine. The accompanying entries describe the plant specimen as well as the historic import of the collection site.